L0phtCrack 6 - previously a popular tool for accurate auditing and cracking passwords. Sixth version of L0phtCrack is designed by the same group of hackers, which released the first version of the product for about ten years ago. The program was withdrawn from circulation in 2005, after acquiring distribution rights from Symantec. Triumphant return L0phtcrack held last Wednesday. List of implemented improvements include support for 64-bit processors, as well as new versions of leading operating systems from Microsoft, Ubuntu, and other manufacturers. The application also acquired the tools to crack the hash NTLM (algorithm, password protect the latest versions of the operating system Windows). Reincarnation L0phtcrack became possible after the creators of the application have bought the rights to it at by Symantec.

L0phtCrack 6 is packed with powerful features such as scheduling, hash extraction from 64 bit Windows versions, multiprocessor algorithms, and networks monitoring and decoding. Yet it is still the easiest to use password auditing and recovery software available. L0phtCrack 6 provides a scoring metric to quickly assess password quality. Passwords are measured against current industry best practices, and are rated as Strong, Medium, Weak, or Fail. Pre-computed password files is a must have feature in password auditing. L0phtCrack 6 supports pre-computed password hashes. Password audits now take minutes instead of hours or days. L0phtCrack 6 imports and cracks Unix password files. Perform network audits from a single interface.

L0phtCrack June has a built-in ability to import passwords from remote Windows, including 64-bit versions of Vista, Windows 7, and Unix machines, without requiring a third-party utility. System administrators can schedule routine audits with L0phtCrack 6. Audits can be performed daily, weekly, monthly, or just once, depending on the organization's auditing requirements. L0phtCrack 6 offers remediation assistance to system administrators on how to take action against accounts that have poor passwords. Accounts can be disabled, or the passwords can be set to expire from within the L0phtCrack 6 interface. Remediation works for Windows user accounts only.

Much has changed over the five years that have passed since the release L0phtcrack 5, and a number of such changes is reflected in the new version. So, L0phtcrack 6 has support for 64-bit processors and the latest operating systems from Microsoft, Ubuntu and others. In addition, the utility will offer a new effective approach to cracking the hash NTLM - protective algorithm Windows, logged into vogue several years ago. Reincarnation L0phtcrack became possible after the authors again bought the rights to this software from Symantec, which she acquired in 2004 together with the company @ stake, they received the year before the merger with L0pht.